Theodoros "Thodoris" Vlachos ( el, Θοδωρής Βλάχος; born 9 July 1969, in

Volos Volos ( el, Βόλος ) is a coastal port city in Thessaly situated midway on the Greek mainland, about north of Athens and south of Thessaloniki. It is the sixth most populous city of Greece, and the capital of the Magnesia regional unit ...

) is a retired

Greek Greek may refer to: Greece Anything of, from, or related to Greece, a country in Southern Europe: *Greeks, an ethnic group. *Greek language, a branch of the Indo-European language family. **Proto-Greek language, the assumed last common ancestor ...

water polo Water polo is a competitive team sport played in water between two teams of seven players each. The game consists of four quarters in which the teams attempt to score goals by throwing the ball into the opposing team's goal. The team with the ...

player and the current coach of the

Greece men's national water polo team The Greece men's national water polo team represents Greece in international men's water polo competitions and it is organized and run by the Hellenic Swimming Federation. Greece has a long tradition of strong presence at international level, wit ...

. As a player, Vlachos played for

Olympiacos Olympiacós Sýndesmos Filáthlon Peiraiós ( el, Ολυμπιακός Σύνδεσμος Φιλάθλων Πειραιώς, Olympic Club of Fans of Piraeus) is a major multi-sport club based in Piraeus, Greece. Olympiacos is parent to a number ...

from 1989 to 1998, winning numerous titles. He was also a member of the

. After his retirement, he became assistant coach of Olympiacos under coaches Dragan Matutinović,

Zoltán Kásás Zoltán Kásás (born 15 September 1946 in Alpár) is a Hungarian former water polo player who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics. See also * List of Olympic medalists in water polo (men) * List of world champions in men's water polo * Lis ...

and

Veselin Đuho Veselin Đuho (born 5 January 1960) is a Croatian professional water polo coach and former player who was a two-time Olympic gold medalist for Yugoslavia at the 1984 and 1988 Summer Olympics. Đuho was born in Foča but moved to Dubrovnik as a ...

. He became Olympiacos head coach in 2011, following a successful stint as head coach in Palaio Faliro. Under his guidance, Olympiacos won the

2017–18 LEN Champions League The 2017–18 LEN Champions League was the 55th edition of LEN's premier competition for men's water polo clubs. Overview Team allocation 12 teams are directly qualified for the Preliminary round (TH: Champions League title holders). Phases and ...

Genoa Genoa ( ; it, Genova ; lij, Zêna ). is the capital of the Italian region of Liguria and the List of cities in Italy, sixth-largest city in Italy. In 2015, 594,733 people lived within the city's administrative limits. As of the 2011 Italian ce ...

, after a 9–7 win against home team

Pro Recco A.S.D. Pro Recco (Official name: Associazione Sportiva Dilettantistica Pro Recco) is an Italian water polo club from Recco, in Liguria. It currently plays in Serie A1. Pro Recco is the most successful club in men's water polo. In men's domestic ...

in the final and completed a Triple Crown, winning the season's all available titles. Besides the LEN Champions League and the Triple Crown, he has also coached Olympiacos to 10 consecutive Greek League titles (2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022) 9 Greek Cups (2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022) and 7 domestic Doubles. In 2014, he became head coach of

, whom he led to the bronze medal at the

2015 World Aquatics Championships The 16th FINA World Aquatics Championships, FINA World Championships (russian: Чемпионат мира по водным видам спорта 2015), also Aquatics 2015, were held in Kazan, Russia from 24 July to 9 August 2015. Russia host ...

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and the bronze medal at the 2016 World League in

Huizhou Huizhou ( zh, c= ) is a city in central-east Guangdong Province, China, forty-three miles north of Hong Kong. Huizhou borders the provincial capital of Guangzhou to the west, Shenzhen and Dongguan to the southwest, Shaoguan to the north, Heyua ...

Honours

As a head coach

Club

Olympiacos *

LEN Champions League The LEN Champions League is the top-tier European professional water polo club competition with teams from up to 18 countries. It is organized by the Ligue Européenne de Natation. The competition started in 1963 as European Cup. A change of nam ...

: 2017–18 ;''runners-up'': 2015–16, 2018–19 *

Greek Championship The Super League Greece 1 ( el, Ελληνική Σούπερ Λιγκ 1), or Super League 1, is the highest professional association football league in Greece. The league was formed on 16 July 2006 and replaced ''Alpha Ethniki'' at the top of ...

: 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22 *

Greek Cup The Greek Football Cup ( el, Κύπελλο Ελλάδος Ποδοσφαίρου), commonly known as the Greek Cup or Kypello Elladas is a Greek football competition, run by the Hellenic Football Federation. The Greek Cup is the second most im ...

: 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22 *

Greek Super Cup The Greek Super Cup ( el, Σούπερ Καπ Ελλάδος), officially known as the Cup of Friendship and Solidarity ( el, Κύπελλο Φιλίας και Αλληλεγγύης) was a Greek Football (soccer), association football one-match ...

: 2018, 2019, 2020

National team

* Silver Medal in 2020 Olympic Games, Tokyo * Silver Medal in 2018 Mediterranean Games, Tarragona * Bronze Medal in 2015 World Championship, Kazan * Bronze Medal in 2016 World League, Huizhou * Bronze Medal in 2020 World League, Tbilisi * 4th place in 2016 European Championship, Belgrade * 4th place in 2017 World Championship, Budapest * 6th place in 2016 Olympic Games, Rio

Awards

* PSAT Awards Coach of the Year:

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1969 births Living people Greek male water polo players Olympiacos Water Polo Club players Greek water polo coaches Greece men's national water polo team coaches Water polo coaches at the 2016 Summer Olympics Water polo coaches at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympiacos Water Polo Club coaches Sportspeople from Volos {{Greece-waterpolo-bio-stub